Politics
The “new Middle Ages” has been a common term for referring to Russia’s present and near future since the publication of Day of the Oprichnik in 2006. The publication of Telluria in 2013 and the 2014 release of “Hard to be a God”, a dystopian film directed by Aleksei German, brought this medieval analogy to wider attention. A plot summary of Oprichnik: Post-secular Russia is made up of small princedoms run by government henchmen (oprichniks) who indulge in various sexual …read more
Source: Intersection